Exercise Exploring one subject in a variety of ways

Chosen to work a portrait as I experiment with watercolour and another medium.

Pen and watercolour:

Watercolour and charcoal:

Watercolour and  water soluble crayons:

Enjoyed working with the water soluble crayons, I liked the  marks left by the crayon and deliberately avoid softening these marks. Worked on a larger size version  of the portrait:

Not happy with this so washed back the image

And repainted it, happier with positioning of the eyes and nose